Glove-stretcher.



PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904.

C. L. MCBRIDE. GLOVE STRETGHER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.18, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

NITNESSE S.

Patented -August 2, 1 90 1.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. MCBRIDE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

GLOVE-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,372, dated. August2, 1904.

Application filed Kpril 18, 1904. Serial No. 203,596. (No model.)

To (all lull/07m it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. IVICBRIDE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glove-StretchingMachines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, and to the figures of reference markedthereon, which forms a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a glove-stretching device, known to the trade asa laying-off board, for use by manufacturers of gloves.

My invention is designed to furnish a form over which the glove afterthe parts are sewed together may be slipped and which will by themovement of the form automatically stretch the fingers as may berequired. I attain these objects by means of the devices and arrangementof parts herein described and shown, and illustrated in the singlefigure of the accompanying drawing, which is a perspective View of mydevice, the dotted lines illustrating the position of the form when itis inclined away from the operator and ready to receive the glove to bestretched, the solid lines representing the form in upright positionwith the tips of the finger-plates hereinafter referred to separated.

In the drawing, 1 is a base-plate adapted to be secured to a table.Projecting upwardly from the top of the plate near each side margin is alug 2, to which lug is pivotally secured, as at 3, a finger-plate d,formed at its upper end to conform to one-half of the interior of anunstretched glove minus the thumb, the stretching of the thumb portionbeing performed by a separate operation. 5 is a correspondingfinger-plate opposed to the plate at and formed so that the two plateswhen their upper ends or tips are brought together exactly conform toand fill the fingers of the gloves to be stretched. The plate 5 ispivotally secured to the plate 4, as at 6, about midway between theupper and lower ends of the plates. This pivotal connection is soarranged and adjusted that the plate 5 tilts upon the pivot 6 in suchmanner that the tips of the finger portions of the plate may be swungtoward each other or asunder.

Projecting upwardly from the top of the plate 1 near its rear margin isa rest 7, the top of which forms a stop for the plate 4 when it istilted backwardly at an angle of about forty-five degrees. Projectingupwardly from the top of the base-plate on the side of the finger-platesopposite from the rest 7 is a block or plate 8, which is adjustablehorizontally toward and away from the finger-plates by means ofset-screw 9, which passes through a slightly-elongated hole 10 in thehorizontal portion of the plate 8. This arrangement permits the movementof the plate horizontally when the set-screw is loosened, and by meansof the set-screw the plate is clamped at exactly the required distancefrom the swinging finger-plates. The inner face of this block or platelies in the path of the lower end of the plate 5 when .this latter plateis swung with its mate upon the pixot 3.

The operation of my device is as follows: The plate 1 being properlysecured to its table so that the plate 8 is nearest to the operator andthe parts being adjusted for the size of gloves to be operated upon, thetwo plates 4: and 5 are tilted forwardly into inclined position, asindicated by the dotted lines in the drawing, and the glove to bestretched is slipped over the upper end of the plates I 5, the fingerportions of which are now in closed relation and which readily slip intothe fingers of the glove. The operator now swings the stretcher upon thepivot 3 into upright position. As the plates 4 5 swing forwardly thelower end of the plate 5 comes in contact with the block or plate 8,pressing the lower ends of the two plates together and swinging theupper ends of the two plates asunder upon the pivot 6, thus separatingthe finger-tips and stretching the fingers of the glove. The extent ofthe swing of the plate 5 upon its pivot 6 may be regulated by theposition of the block or plate 8.

Having described my invention and its op eration, what I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a glove-stretcher, a pairof corresponding opposing finger-plates, pivotal connections betweensaid plates, a pivotal support for the pair of plates, andmeans-actuated by the swing of the pair of plates upon their pivotalsupport for throwing the tips of said finger-plates into open or closedrelation.

2. In a glove-stretcher, a base, a fingerplate pivotally securedthereon, another corresponding finger plate pivotally secured inopposition to the first-mentioned fingerplate, a stop for supporting thepair of fingerplates in inclined position with their tips in closedrelation, and another stop which opens said tips when the pair of fingerplates is swung upon their pivotal support.

3. In a glove-stretcher, a finger-plate, a pivotal support for saidplate, a corresponding opposing finger-plate, pivotal connectionsbetween said two plates upon which their tips may be swung into open orclosed relation,

CHARLES L. MCBRIDE.

Witnesses:

Louis SKRANSEW'FKY, M. MARKS.

